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CVE-2010-2478

Integer overflow in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel...

7.2 High

Integer overflow in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33.7 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rule_cnt value that triggers a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3084.

Exploit likelihood

0.42%Down 0.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.2

Integer overflow in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33.7 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rule_cnt value that triggers a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3084.

Record
CVE-2010-2478
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Integer overflow in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33.7 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rule_cnt value that triggers a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3084.

Record
CVE-2010-2478
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-2486 No score

Integer overflow in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33.7 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rule_cnt value that triggers a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3084.

Record
EUVD-2010-2486
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jh48-465p-8xm7 No score

Integer overflow in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel...

Integer overflow in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33.7 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rule_cnt value that triggers a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3084.

Record
GHSA-jh48-465p-8xm7
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0652-1 No score

Security update for Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 Teradata kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues.

Following security issues were fixed:

CVE-2011-1083: Limit the path length users can build using epoll() to avoid local attackers consuming lots of kernel CPU time.

CVE-2011-4086: Fixed a oops in jbd/jbd2 that could be caused by specific filesystem access patterns.

CVE-2011-4622: KVM: Prevent starting PIT timers in the absence of irqchip support.

CVE-2012-0045: KVM: Extend 'struct x86_emulate_ops' with 'get_cpuid' and fix missing checks in syscall emulation.

CVE-2012-0879: Fix io_context leak after clone with CLONE_IO.

CVE-2012-1090: Fixed a dentry refcount leak in the CIFS file system that could lead to a crash on unmount.

CVE-2012-1097: The regset common infrastructure assumed that regsets would always have .get and .set methods, but necessarily .active methods. Unfortunately people have since written regsets without .set method, so NULL pointer dereference attacks were possible.

Following non-security issues were fixed:

* SCSI inquiry doesn't return data on SLES 11-SP1 Xen VMs (bnc#745929).
* FC transport driver killing off the timers/work queues (bnc#734300).
* The driver ixgbevf doesn't work on newer SLES 11-SP1 kernels
  (bnc#752972).
* Pack sparsemem memmap sections closer together and in higher zones
  (bnc#743870).

Following feature was implemented:

* The megaraid_sas driver update to version 5.40-LSI (bnc#736813).

Security Issues:

* CVE-2011-1083
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1083>
* CVE-2011-4086
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4086>
* CVE-2011-4622
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4622>
* CVE-2012-0045
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0045>
* CVE-2012-0879
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0879>
* CVE-2012-1090
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1090>
* CVE-2012-1097
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1097>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

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In short

CVE-2010-2478 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Linux Kernel, published September 29, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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